DCS Team 4 Exercises

Repository for code related to exercises in Design of Communicating Systems.

Project Setup

1. Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/dcs-team4/dcs-exercises.git

2. Navigate to the right folder:

cd dcs-exercises

3. Verify your Python installation:

python3 --version

Output should be Python 3.x.x (ideally 3.10+). If not, get the latest version here: https://www.python.org/downloads/

4. Install project dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Enable Jupyter widgets:

jupyter nbextension enable --py widgetsnbextension

Open the notebooks (.ipynb files) in VSCode, or your favorite Jupyter notebook editor.

VSCode Setup

1. Install VSCode
   https://code.visualstudio.com/

2. Install Python extension (includes Jupyter)
   https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python

3. Install Live Share extension
   https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MS-vsliveshare.vsliveshare

4. Log in to VSCode with GitHub (bottom left corner of VSCode window)

Now you should be able to open Jupyter notebooks and run code within them.

To check that it works:

1. Go to File -> Open Folder in VSCode
2. Find and open the dcs-exercises folder from earlier (should be in [your-username]/dcs-exercises)
3. Click one of the .ipynb files under one of the unitX folders now on the left in VSCode
4. Try running one of the code blocks in the notebook